Pilot for locomotives and the like.



C. T. WESTLAKE.

PILOT ron Looomomvss AND THE LIKE.

.APPLIOATIOH FILED JAN.19, 1909. 924,949, Patented June 15, 1909,

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YUBTITED STATES PAIENT )FlICE CHARLES 'l`. WlSS'lliAhll, Ul" HI. LOUIS, MIHSOllltl, ASSIGNUH. "IU (Il/Altlhlll) ll. llUWfiltl), (.)li H'l. LOlllH, MlSStlliltl.

PILOT FOR LOCOMOTIVES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 15, 1909.

Application filed January 19, 1909. Serial No. 473,175.

l through and through the beani 2, ol' bolts (not shown) whereby the pilot (1 is [irlnly liXed to the benin 2.

',lhe posts or members 1 are connected together, at a suitable distance from the top, by a. horizontal preferably, L-shaped :ross bar 8, having one leg vertically an ranged in the plano of the members 1 and adapted tlnrewith preferably, for a suitable distance from lach member 1, to. bear against the front side of the beam 2, and the other leg horizontally arranged toward the front oi' the pilot (i, the cross bar 3 for a suitable distance on. each side of the longi- I'o all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that l, Cuantas l. Vi'Es'r LAKE, a. cit izen of the United States, residing.I at St. Louis, in `the State of lilissxouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pilots for lmeomotives and the Lite, of which the following is a speciiiczlttion. i

My invention relates to the pilot of a locomotive, electric car, or other motor vehicle, which ordinarily consists of a 1 .i'iangnlar wedge-shaped wooden framework having a top and bottom har connected togethm by a series of inclined bars or slats, and the whole secured to the pilot-beam or end sill by bolts, and my invention has for its obieet to provide a strong, rigid, and durable metallic pilot integral throughout.

lt consists in features of novelty as hereinafter described and claimed.` reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this speciiieationj, Whereon,

Figure 1, is a front elevation of my vimproved pilot ap )lied to a locomotive butler- )eam or end sill (broken away) showing the coupler d.ra\\'bar poclet in dotted lines, attached thereto; Fig. 2, a top plan Viewv of the pilot detached from the beam; Fig. 3, a verti al longitudinal section through the pilot i on line 3, 3, in Fig. 1 ,showing the end and one oi' the middle inclined bars or slats ol the pilot to thc left of its longitudinal center and omitting the intermediate slats thereto for clcarness of illustration; Fig. 4, a horizontal section to enlarged scale on line 4, 4, in Fig. 1. through an upright member of the pilot, and Fig. 5, a vertical transverse section on line 5, 5, in Fig. 1 to enlarged scale through a. horizontal member thereof.

Like letters and numerals of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

o represents my improved pilot Wl'iieh is preferably com osed of cast steel integral throughout, an consists preferably of two opposite upright channel-shaped posts or members 1 arranged in the same plane and parallel to each other at a suitable distance a art according to the Width of thc pilot, with tlifeir iianges outward or toward the front of the pilot o and united arch-Wise together' at the top, the Web of each member 1 being adapted on its rcarface forasuitable distance from the top to bear against the front side of the pilot-beam or end sill 2, and having suitable bosses 2 on its front face, which with the Web are perforated for the passage theredownward and adapted to form a pocket or recess 4, thereat, for allowing clearance to the coupler draw-bar pocket 5 (indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1), which is attached to the beam 2, thercat, by bolts in the usual Well-knmvn manner, and for permitting free movement of the coupler draw-bar (not shown) connected thereto. Futhermore, the posts or members 1 are united to each other at the bottom by a lorizontal preferably, L-shapcd cross bar 6, having one leg vertically arranged in the plane of the members 1 and its other leg horizontally arranged and adapted to form a base to the members 1 the cross bar 6 being united thereat to two oppositely inclined horizontally arranged bottom bars 7 which unite with each other at a suitable distance from the cross bar 6 and form therewith the base of the pilot a..

The top cross bar 3 is connected to the inclined bottom bars 7 by a series of inclined hars or slats S, which are integral with the bars 3 and T and may be of any desired shape in cross section, referably T-shaped as shown, the middle sllats 8 which connect the recessed portion of the top har 3 to the bottom bars 7 being horizontal for a suitable distance from the bar 3 and thence inclined downward and outward to their junction with the bars 7, the whole forming a. strong, rigid, and durable pilot which may be readily and quickly fixed to or removed from the pilot-beam without interference with the coupler draw-bar pocket and its appendages. To the bottom bars 7 on their underside are fixed the usual nose-plate 9 and foot-board 10 as shown.

What l claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a locomotive end tudinal center of the pilot ar being directed (iii sill having a coupler draw-bar pocket attaehment, of a east metal )ilot integral throughout and adapted to be [ixed to the said sill, and having a depressed middle portion adapted i to straddle from below7 but elear of the bottom portion of the said poeliet and its appendages, substantially as described.

2. rlhe combination with :t locomotive end sill lmving :t eoupler draw-bar poeket attaehment, of a east metal pilot integral throughout und eomprising two parallel upright side members adapted t0 be fixed to the said sill, an upper transverse member uniting the upright members together and having a depressed portion adapted. to straddle from belowJ but elear of the bottom portion of, the said poeket, a bottom transverse member uniting the upright members together, two horizontal members eonvergm forward from the bottom member and a apted to tanee from their junction with the said de- 23 pressed portion ol the upper' transverse member, being horizontal for permitting free movement oi the coupler draw-bar oonneeted to the said pocket, substantially as deseribed.

CHARLES T. WES'ILAKE. Witnesses:

1). Z. DAvis,

EDWARD W. FURRELL 

